Time to grow up: Australia's national security dilemma demands a mature debate

By Matthew Sussex, Fellow, Strategic and Defence Studies Centre, Australian National University

There’s been a lot of recent shouting about Australia’s national security policy.

It began with the Nine newspapers’ “Red Alert” extravaganza, spread over multiple articles. Featuring a graphic of warplanes approaching ominously from Red China, it predicted Australia could be at war in three years, and speculated about Chinese missiles and cyberattacks pummelling Australian infrastructure. It then cheerily recommended some hackneyed…

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